Roy Roberts
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Roy Roberts (born Roy Barnes Jones, March 19, 1906 – May 28, 1975) was an American character actor. Over his more than 40-year career, he appeared in more than nine hundred productions on stage and screen. Born in Dade City in Pasco County, near Tampa, Florida, Roberts began his acting career on the stage, first appearing on Broadway in May 1931 before making his motion picture debut in Gold Bricks, a 1936 two-reel comedy short released by 20th Century-Fox. He appeared in numerous films in secondary parts and returned to perform on Broadway in such productions as Twentieth Century, My Sister Eileen, and Carnival in Flanders until he began making guest appearances on television series. After appearing on Gale Storm's My Little Margie in 1956, he became part of several television series for which he is best remembered. In a show that was the precursor to The Love Boat, Roberts played the ship's captain for four years in Storm's next hit, Oh! Susanna, which aired on CBS and ABC from 1956 to 1960. He guest-starred in scores of series, including the western-themed crime drama, Sheriff of Cochise, the western series, My Friend Flicka, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (as Texas cattle baron Shanghai Pierce[1]), and The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters, and Brian Keith's Cold War drama, Crusader. Roberts appeared on four episodes of the CBS legal drama, Perry Mason, including the role of murderer Arthur Janeel in the 1961 episode, "The Case of the Malicious Mariner." During the middle 1960s, Roberts was one of the most recognizable faces on television, and had recurring roles concurrently on a number of popular programs, including: Bank president Mr. Cheever on CBS's The Lucy Show John Cushing, president of the rival Merchants Bank on CBS's The Beverly Hillbillies Railroad president Norman Curtis on CBS's Petticoat Junction Darrin's father Frank Stephens on ABC's Bewitched, alternating with actor Robert F. Simon depending upon availability. Banker Harry Bodkin on CBS's Gunsmoke Dr. Reynolds, twice on The Road West Neighbor Bruce MacDermott on ABC's Our Man Higgins Preston "Press" Wasco and Kelly on the NBC western, Laredo "Doc" on John Payne's The Restless Gun in the 1957 episode "Trail to Sunset" Banker George Bristol on NBC's Bonanza Admiral Rogers on McHale's Navy (in some episodes, his first name is given as "John" and in others his name is given as "Bruce"). The Governor in a season two episode of Green Acres, "One of Our Assemblymen is Missing". CLR
Chinatown
(Mayor Bagby)
My Darling Clementine
(Mayor)
The Brasher Doubloon
(Lt. Breez)
Second Chance
(Charley Malloy)
Flaming Fury
(Capt. S. Taplinger)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
(Policeman Outside Irwin & Ray's Garage)
Miss Grant Takes Richmond
(Roberts - Construction Foreman (uncredited))
He Walked by Night
(Police Captain Breen)
The Killer That Stalked New York
(Mayor of New York)
Strange Triangle
(Harry Matthews)
Hoodlum Empire
(Police Chief)
The Enforcer
(Captain Frank Nelson)
Force of Evil
(Ben Tucker)
The Reckless Moment
(Nagel)
Circumstantial Evidence
(Marty Hannon)
Those Calloways
(E.J. Fletcher)
The Cimarron Kid
(Pat Roberts)
The Big Trees
(Judge Crenshaw)
Stars and Stripes Forever
(Maj. George Porter Houston)
Guadalcanal Diary
(Capt. Jame Cross)
The Fighting Sullivans
(Father Francis)
Behind Green Lights
(Max Calvert)
Backlash
(Major Carson)
The Boss
(Tim Brady)
Big House, U.S.A
(Chief Ranger Will Erickson)
The Gay Intruders
(Charles McNulty)
Borderline
(Harvey Gumbin)
House of Wax
(Matthew Burke)
Wilson
(Ike Hoover - Chief White House Butler (uncredited))
The Man with a Cloak
(Policeman)
The Glory Brigade
(Sgt. Chuck Anderson)
The Man Behind The Gun
(Sen. Mark Sheldon)
Chain Lightning
(Maj. Gen. Hewitt)
Wyoming Mail
(Charles De Haven)
The Second Face
(Allan Wesson)
Sierra
(Sheriff Knudsen)
Bodyhold
(Charlie Webster)
The Outfit
(Bob Caswell)
Fury at Furnace Creek
(Al Shanks)
The Underwater City
(Tim Graham)
Now You See It, Now You Don't
(Mr. Stockman)
The Caribbean Mystery
(Capt. Van den Bark)
Santa Fe
(Cole Sanders)
The White Squaw
(Edward Purvis, Indian Agent)
Dawn at Socorro
(Doc Jameson)
The Outlaw Stallion
(Hagen)
It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog
("Mitch" Mitchell)
The Palomino
(Ben Lane)
Within These Walls
(Martin 'Marty' Deutsch)
Chicken Every Sunday
(Harry Bowers)
Cripple Creek
(Marshal John Tetheroe)
A Kiss for Corliss
(Uncle George)
Smoky
(Jeff Nix)
Battles of Chief Pontiac
(Maj. Gladwin)
I Was a Communist for the FBI
(Father Novac)
Tumbleweed
(Nick Buckley)
The King and Four Queens
(Sheriff Tom Larrabee)
Chicago Deadline
(Jerry Cavanaugh)
The Lone Hand
(Mr. Skaggs)
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim
(Mr. Foster)
The Foxes of Harrow
(Tom Warren)
Nightmare Alley
(McGraw - Final Carnival Owner (uncredited))
Gentleman's Agreement
(Mr. Calkins)
Captain from Castile
(Capt. Alvarado)
Hotel
(Bailey)
Stage to Tucson
(Jim Maroon)
Wyoming Renegades
(Sheriff McVey)
San Antone
(John Chisum)
Yaqui Drums
(Matt Quigg)
I Cover the Underworld
(District Attorney)
Roger Touhy, Gangster
(Frank Williams - FBI Chief (uncredited))
Stranger on Horseback
(Sam Kettering)
The Last Command
(Dr. Summerfield)
Skirts Ahoy!
(Captain Graymont)
No Minor Vices
(Mr. Felton (uncredited))
The Tanks Are Coming
(Major General)
Massacre at Sand Creek
(Colonel Collery)
They Rode West
(Sgt. Creever)
The First Texan
(Col. Sam Sherman)
The Chapman Report
(Alan Roby)
The Strongest Man in the World
(Mr. Roberts)
Fighting Coast Guard
(Captain Gibbs)
Kid Galahad
(Jerry Bathgate)
The Strike
(Chaplain Walker)
The Million Dollar Duck
(The Judge (uncredited))
Sea of Lost Ships
(Captain of the 'Eagle')
A Bell for Adano
(Col. W.W. Middleton - Provost Marshal)
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
(Marshal Peak)
Joan of Arc
(Wandamme, a Burgundian Captain)
Tampico
(Crawford (uncredited))
Disneyland '59
(Self)
Colonel Effingham's Raid
(Army Captain Rampey)
Johnny Comes Flying Home
(J.P. Hartley)
This Savage Land
(Dr. Mordecai Reynolds)
The Andy Griffith Show
(J. Howard Jackson)
My Three Sons
That Girl
Gunsmoke
(Mr. Bodkin)
The Twilight Zone
McHale's Navy
The Gale Storm Show
(Capt. Simon P. Huxley)
The Addams Family
(Thaddeus Logan)
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
(A.H. 'Shanghai' Pierce)
The Restless Gun
(Kit Springer)
Bewitched
(Frank Stephens)
Perry Mason
(Arthur Janeel)
Bonanza
(George Bristol)
The Beverly Hillbillies
(Judge)
The Beverly Hillbillies
(John Cushing)
Petticoat Junction
(Norman P. Curtis)
Petticoat Junction
(Norman Curtis)
The Lucy Show
(Admiral)
Here's Lucy
(Superintendent)
Here's Lucy
(Warden Magginetti)
Here's Lucy
(Dr. Jamison)
Here's Lucy
(Dr. Honeycutt)
Perry Mason
(Harvey Skeen)
Gunsmoke
(Mr. Dobie)
Perry Mason
(Henry Thomas)
McHale's Navy
(Admiral Rogers)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
(Philip Murdock)
The Wonderful World of Disney
(James Whitfield)
Lawman
(John Kemper)
Green Acres
(Governor)
Perry Mason
(W. L. Picard)
My Three Sons
(Jerry Andrews)
Cheyenne
(Sen. Matson)
Screen Director's Playhouse
(Gen. Lafferty)
Screen Director's Playhouse
(Judge)
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
(Nicholas J. Vanderfeller)
It Takes a Thief
The Doris Day Show
(Thaddius Gilby)
Studio 57
(Nick)
The Munsters
(Mr. Morgan)
The Lucy Show
(Mr. Cheever)
The Dick Van Dyke Show
(Henry Bermont)
The Dick Van Dyke Show
(Mr. Boland)